Shampoo-cap.



L. & K. G. LEE.

SHAMPOO CAP.

PrLIoATIoN FILED JUNI'. 2s, 1910.

986,728, Patented Mar. 14, 1911.

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SHAMPOO-CAP.

fo all whom it may concern:

Be 1t known that we, LAURA LEEy and KATHERINE Gr. LEE, citlzens of theUnited States, and residents of New York city,;

borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shampoo-Caps, ofwhich the following Ais a specification.

The object of our invention is to provide means to shield-the face andprevent water, soap suds, etc. from flowing upon the persons face andtheir eyes, ears etc. when shampooing, washing or treating the hair orscalp, and also to permit the person to see through the cap or shieldwhile performing such operations.

Our invention comprises a cap or shield of impervious or waterproofmaterial provided with an opening to lit over the head 0f the user, topermit the hair to be exposed or pulled through such opening, the cap orshield-thus hanging down all around the face and neck, so as to coverand protect the eyes, ears, nose and mouth, whereby to cause water, soapsuds etc. that are applied upon the hair above the cap or shield toAflow along the depending part of the cap without engaging the user. Inthe front wall of the cap is an opening having'a transparent protector,such as Celluloid or the like, suitably secured in line with theopening, whereby the user may look through the cap to aid in the work.Uur invention also comprises novel details of ilnprovement that will bemore fully hereinafter set forth and pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof,wherein,

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating our improvement in use; Fig.2 -is a plan view of our improved cap, and Fig. 3 is a section,enlarged, on the line 3, 3, in Fig. 2.`

In the drawings the numeral lf-indicates our improved cap or shieldwhich is made of a suitable piece of ieXible material water- .proof orimpervious to the passage of water, and it may be made of rubbersheeting or the like. Said cap or shield is shown provided with anopening 2 to receive the upper portion of the head of the wearer,whereby the hair may be exposed or pulled through the cap and the latterwill hang down around Specification of Letters Patent. Patented B131',14, 1911. i Application mea :rune 2s,

1910. Serial No. 569,286.

r the face and neck (see Fig. l). IVe have l shown opening 2 aspro-vided at its edge with a rutile 3, which may be of the same materialas the cap,.and which is shown sel cured to the cap by stitches 4, themeeting ledges ofthe cap and ruiiie beingshown j folded. Said rutile sofastened to the edges l of the opening 2 of the cap serves to strengthensaid edges and the binding of the twov parts together provides anon-flexible edging at the opening, whereby to prevent the cap fromslipping down too far l over the head or around the neck, and thus thecap is maintained firmly in operating position on the head.

The cap is shown substantially in oval form, whereby to conform properlyaround the face and neck of the user. At the portion that comes in frontof the eyes of the user cap l` is provided with an opening 5 which isshown protected by transparent material 6. Said material is shownattached around opening 5 by stitches 7, the transparent material 6being shown laid against the edges of opening l and reinforced by astrip of material 8, the parts 1, G and 8 being held together bystitches 7.

In using our improved' cap or shield the same is placed over the headand the hair is lexposed or pulled through opening 2, and the opening 5is adjusted in front of the eyes. the hair or scalp in any desiredmanner, and the water, soap suds etc. will flow down along the cap orshield and thus will be prevented from entering the eyes, ears, mouth,nose etc. and accumulating around the neck, and the user may readily seethe soap, water etc, that is being used by looking through the protectedopening 5.

The advantages of our improvements will be obvious. The impervious orwaterproof material 1 will not become saturated with water and when theshampooing or other treatment of the hair has been finished the cap maybe readily removed bjf pulling vit olf the head.

Our invention is simple andv cheap to manufacture, efficient in use andnot uncomfortable to the user.

Having now described our invention .what we claim is A head protectingcap comprising flexible Waterproof material provided with an Theoperator may then wash or treat opening for the passage of a portion ofthe I New York and State of New York this 27th head to expose the hairabove the cap, said day of June A. D. 1910.

material having another opening between p LAURA LEE.

the first named opening and the outer edge KATHERINE Gr. LEE.

` 5 of material, and a transparent protector over Witnesses:

said opening. HERMAN Hnns'r, Jr.,

Signed at New York city, in the county of i T. F. BOURNE.

